{"id":17175,"date":"2010-07-29T20:38:11","date_gmt":"2010-07-30T00:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/?p=17175"},"modified":"2010-07-29T20:38:11","modified_gmt":"2010-07-30T00:38:11","slug":"pets-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/pets-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Maralyn&#039;s Pet Corner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your dog&#8217;s health: Prevention of canine disease<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>Hepatitis<\/strong>:\u00a0 This virus (Adenovirus Type 1) is spread by contact with urine, feces and other bodily secretions from infected animals.\u00a0 The liver is the primary organ affected, and death is possible in severe cases.\u00a0 There is a vaccine to protect against this disease, which is given monthly until your pet is 16 weeks of age, repeated in 1 year, then every 3 years.<br \/>\nParvovirus:\u00a0 This highly contagious and debilitating virus is spread through infected fecal material.\u00a0 It is a very hardy virus and can survive in the environment for extended periods.\u00a0 In severe cases, it can lead to shock and death.\u00a0 Signs include bloody diarrhea and vomiting.\u00a0 Vaccination against parvovirus is extremely important for all dogs.\u00a0 Vaccines are given monthly until your dog is at least 16 weeks of age, repeated in 1 year, then every 3 years.<br \/>\n<strong>Kennel Cough<\/strong>:\u00a0 Several types of bacteria and viruses are known to cause infection and inflammation of the lungs and respiratory passages of dogs.\u00a0<br \/>\nthe most prevalent are Adenovirus (type-2), Bordetella and Parainfluenza.\u00a0 Dogs that board, get groomed, or are around other dogs should be vaccinated against this disease. \u00a0 The vaccine is initially given twice (one month apart) than yearly thereafter.<br \/>\n<strong>Distemper<\/strong>:\u00a0 Vaccination against distemper virus is essential for all dogs. \u00a0 Nearly every dog will be exposed to distemper virus in his\/her lifetime, and when infection occurs it is often fatal.\u00a0 Distemper Virus attacks many body organs in addition to the nervous system.\u00a0 Symptoms include listlessness, fever, coughing, diarrhea, vomiting, and discharge from the eyes and nose.\u00a0 In it&#8217;s final stages, it may cause convulsions and paralysis.\u00a0 Death may occur 1-3 weeks after infection. \u00a0 Vaccinations against this virus are given monthly until 16 weeks of age, repeated in 1 year, then every 3 years.<br \/>\nSubmitted by Maralyn Fink<br \/>\n<em>Dogs never lie about love.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your dog&#8217;s health: Prevention of canine disease<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}